ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
MEETING DATE: December 17, 2025 AGENDA CATEGORY: Consent - Agreements TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Zachary Meyer, Public Works Director
DATE: November 25, 2025
SUBJECT: Southbound SR 99 to Westbound SR 58 Connector Project (8th Movement)
1. Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 2024-311 with Parsons Transportation Group (Parsons) ($300,000.00; revised not to exceed $7,204,104.85) for additional design services on the Southbound State Route 99 to Westbound State Route 58 Connector Project (8th Movement).
2. Appropriate $300,000 of Transportation Development Funds (3350) into the Public Works Department Capital Improvement Program for the 8th Movement Project (25PWTR02).
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the amendment and appropriation.
BACKGROUND:
The Centennial Corridor Project has connected State Route (SR) 58 east of SR -99 to Westside Parkway west of SR-99. The project has provided both a regional and local freeway that significantly improves local circulation and facilitates regional traffic movements. The Centennial Corridor Project has been the largest project in the Thomas Roads Improvement Program (TRIP) and has tied together many of the previously constructed TRIP projects to create a central, east-west, access-controlled transportation corridor through the Bakersfield Metropolitan Area. The Southbound State Route 99 to Westbound State Route 58 Connector (8th Movement) is the final movement to be constructed to complete the 58/99 interchange.
Amendment 1 provides additional compensation to Parsons Transportation Group Inc., the designer of record of the Centennial Corridor Project, for design services on the 8 th Movement Project, including additional scope to add a northbound State Route 99 auxiliary lane between State Route 58 and California Avenue.
FISCAL IMPACT:
An appropriation of Transportation Development Funds ($300,000) will be allocated into the project.
There is no impact to the City General Fund associated with this agreement.
COUNCIL GOAL:
Reliable Infrastructure
ATTACHMENTS:
Amendment No. 1